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What Motivates You?
January 21, 2022
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First, From the Heart
The question I am hearing over and over again is, “How do we stay hopeful?” How do we focus on the good when we are surrounded by so much gone awry? When we are constantly fed difficult news, and face challenging circumstances, it’s understandable that we have trouble trusting that all will be OK.
Hand in hand with this inquiry, we also wonder, “How do we stay motivated?” In a recent conversation with several compassion colleagues, we explored what gives us each hope, and fuels our motivation to continue showing up and contributing our piece to the greater whole. We shared about drawing inspiration and motivation from nature, love, children, family, purpose, and service, to name a few. We also appreciated what a gift and privilege it was to be in connection and community with each other.
Our intention is to be in connection and community with you through this newsletter and the Center’s global gatherings, research, LinkedIn and other social channels. If you are ready for a deeper dive, please consider participating in one of the Spring cohorts of our signature eight-week online program in Compassionate Leadership and Resilience beginning mid-March. We invite you to join us on a remarkable journey that overflows with hope and motivation for the compassionate future we all believe in.
With heart,
Laura
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Best of the Blog
Motivating with Compassion
We are surrounded by fear-based motivation. Marketers create a fear of missing out. Politicians promise disaster if they don’t win. Many organizational leaders use this approach, too. But fear is not our only motivator. To promote flourishing, leaders need to create psychological safety, encourage creative exploration, and respond with an attitude that treats failure as a learning opportunity. Read more.
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Accepting Applications Now
Compassionate Leadership and Resilience Training Spring Cohorts
Super Early Bird Rate Available Until January 31
We are excited to open application and registration for our online Spring 2022 Compassionate Leadership and Resilience Training cohorts, starting in March.
Our eight-week collaborative learning journey is based on decades of leadership experience and wisdom practice, coupled with emerging scientific and organizational evidence. Hundreds of program alumni are positively impacting the world in remarkable ways!
“This course was an incredibly enriching experience. I especially enjoyed the deep connection we cultivated as a group which created a safe space for us to share our individual experiences and unique perspectives/challenges. It was a transformative eight weeks that left me feeling inspired and ready to lead with compassion, both personally and professionally.”
-- Global Non-Profit Executive, Fall 2020 Cohort
One cohort is geared to an interdisciplinary audience of leaders in for-profit and non-profit organizations. The second cohort is specifically focused for leaders in the field of global health. Whichever cohort is aligned with your mission, you will be surrounded by an accomplished peer group of like-minded colleagues from around the world. Learn more about the interdisciplinary course here, and global health here.
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Practice Matters
Fanning the Flame
Woosh! An amazing idea just flew in, showing up from nowhere. Download, inspiration, impulse, knowing? Where did this notion come from? What caused it to arise? Has this always been within me? I observe with curiosity and wonder as these sparks sometimes move into form and spill out into the world.
Perhaps I am tuning in to a blank canvas of infinite possibility. Is there a cosmic backdrop that can and will lovingly hold anything I can dream or imagine? Or do I remain boxed inside the lines thwarted by fears and doubts that snuff out the nascent spark before it ignites? How do I get past what seem like hard-wired limitations and beliefs that negate a new direction, path, or potential?
I yearn to inhabit the unexplored territory that is about to emerge. The space is fertile and ready to expand. I desire to try it on, smell it, touch it, taste it, and feel it – whatever it is – in a way that wraps the ethereal notion in tangible meaning. With courage and compassion, I can choose this route, and peek behind the curtain of the unknown. Only then can it become known - to me and others - in service to all.
When can we practice? Always!
If you'd like to explore additional Practice Matters, you can find them here.
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Research Worth Sharing
Walking Our Evidence-Based Talk: The Case of Leadership Development in Business Schools
by Hannes L. Leroy, Moran Anisman-Razin, Bruce J. Avolio, Henrik Bresman, J. Stuart Bunderson, Ethan R. Burris, Johannes Claeys, James R. Detert, Lisa Dragoni, Steffen R. Giessner, Kevin M. Kniffin, Thomas Kolditz, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Nathan C. Pettit, Sim B. Sitkin, Niels Van Quaquebeke, Pisitta Vongswasdi
in Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 2022, Vol. 29(1) 5–32
For leading business schools, evidence-based management is the gold standard for guiding managers’ actions in the real world. Do the top business schools around the world walk the walk themselves? Based on interviews with 60 academic directors of leadership at top ranked business schools around the world, this article answers the question “To what extent are business school leadership development programs evidence-based?” Read the research.
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